Sunday, April 02, 2017

Son of hook-handed hate preacher Abu Hamza is stripped of his British passport after travelling to fight alongside jihadists in Syria

  • Sufiyan Mustafa, 22, went to fight with jihadists in 2003 and wants to return
  • After he left, the Home Office took away his passport, leaving him stranded 
  • He told an Arabic newspaper: 'I have never been a threat to national security' 
The son of hook-handed hate preacher Abu Hamza has had his British passport taken from him, leaving him stranded in Syria.
Sufiyan Mustafa, 22, left the UK to fight with jihadists in 2013 after his father was jailed in the US for terrorist offences. 
But after he left, the Home Office stripped him of his identification, meaning he can no longer return home. 
The son of Abu Hamza, Sufiyan Mustafa, 22, had his British passport taken from him when he left the country in 2013 to fight in Syria. He has appealed to be allowed back in the UK
The son of Abu Hamza, Sufiyan Mustafa, 22, had his British passport taken from him when he left the country in 2013 to fight in Syria. He has appealed to be allowed back in the UK
He told an Arabic newspaper he has appealed to be allowed back into the UK, according to the Telegraph.  
He told al-Quds newspaper: 'Britain is the place where I was born and lived. 
'I have never been a threat to national security in Britain and will not commit aggression on its population because our religion does not allow attacks on unarmed innocents.' 
Earlier this month, Abu Hamza's youngest son appeared in a propaganda video denouncing ISIS and the actions of Assad's government.  
He told an Arabic newspaper he was not a threat to national security and wants to come back as he was raised in Britain. Mr Mustafa has appeared in videos denouncing ISIS and the actions of Assad's government
He told an Arabic newspaper he was not a threat to national security and wants to come back as he was raised in Britain. Mr Mustafa has appeared in videos denouncing ISIS and the actions of Assad's government
Sufiyan recites verses of Quran during a Ramadan event in 2012
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In the video seen by the Sun, he said:'There is no solution to the Syrian situation while Assad is in power… if you want to help then shine a light on the atrocities carried out by Bashar Assad, the Russians and ISIS.'
'It is very unfair for the West to judge Muslims by the actions of Al Qaeda, ISIS or Hizbollah. If that is fair then all Muslims have the right to view all Christians as crusaders or Americans as Charles Manson.' 
In a YouTube video he is also seen reciting verses of the Qu'ran. 

He is the sixth of eight children fathered by Hamza, who is serving a life-sentence in prison in Colorado. 

Since 2011, it is believed as many as 800 Brits have left the country to fight in Syria.  

Abu Hamza - The Egyptian Engineer who became a preacher of hate

Abu Hamza is currently serving a life sentence in a high security prison in Florence, Colorado, for terrorism offences
Abu Hamza is currently serving a life sentence in a high security prison in Florence, Colorado, for terrorism offences
Abu Hamza al-Masri was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1958 as Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, the son of a naval officer and a primary school headmistress.
He was granted UK citizenship in 1980 and he took an interest in Islam and politics, in particularly the occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. 
Over the years, Hamza has given several different reasons for the loss of his hands and eye.  
After spending time in Afghanistan and Bosnia in the early 90s, he returned to Britain and adopted a new name - Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri.
It was in London that Hamza began his rise to public notoriety as the Finsbury Park mosque imam, where he arrived in 1997.
One year later, in 1998, he helped organise hostage-taking of 16 mostly British tourists in Yemen. Three Britons and an Australian killed in rescue mission. 
He firmly placed himself on the national radar in 2001 after speaking out in support of Osama bin Laden following the September 11 attacks.  
Hamza was jailed for life for terrorism offences in 2015, and has been serving his sentence in solitary confinement at a high security prison in Florence, Colorado.

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